The latest episode of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast, is ready for download or streaming. In this week’s show, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson talk about Lars Reichelt’s decision to step down as CEO of Cell C and what it
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Chicken restaurant chain Nando’s has bid farewell to outgoing Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt in a cheeky advertising campaign in which it declares: “We’ll be watching you, Lars. Like a chicken.” Nando’s, which is known for its irreverent and humourous
Korean electronics giant Samsung has released a compact camcorder targeted at those who want an affordable, easy-to-use, pocket-sized, ambidextrous-friendly, high-definition video camera. The Q10 isn’t only a capable little camera, but it’s so user
Mobile operators are desperate to associate their brands with Apple and its iconic iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet computer. It’s ironic, because the business model the US electronics giant employs threatens to turn wireless carriers into little
As competition in the broadband market intensifies, Telkom on Friday said it would offer home and small business customers the opportunity to test its digital subscriber lines by means of a free three-month trial. Customers taking up
After 10 months of speculation, Vox Telecom has finally confirmed that it’s going private. Assuming it gets the necessary approvals, the company will delist from the JSE after receiving a R500m acquisition offer from a consortium comprising Lereko
SA youth radio station YFM has launched YTV, a service that streams live video content of its studio. What sets the service apart is that the video feed is able to scale itself dynamically depending on the viewer’s bandwidth so there is no need for the visual
In its first response to the local loop unbundling (LLU) document published by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) last month, Telkom has shown it is reluctant to fast-track the unbundling process. Telkom says LLU has proven
Internet users provided a list of service stations in SA that had fuel supply on Thursday. The page called #gotpetrol was started on popular social networking site Twitter by Andy Parks. The names of services stations with fuel, the street name
Neotel believes there is “plenty of knowledge” about local-loop unbundling available and SA ought to learn from it and adapt it to the country’s context. The company’s chief technology officer, Angus Hay, was speaking on Thursday